<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,--  That for ways that are dark   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,--  That for ways that are dark   And for tricks that are vain,    The heathen Chinee is peculiar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   The world has nothing to bestow,    From our own selves our bliss must flow,     And that dear hut,--our home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[accomplished what we did this quarter in large part because of our no-late-fees program, not in spite of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38628]]></link><description><![CDATA[accomplished what we did this quarter in large part because of our no-late-fees program, not in spite of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla  Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old dog barks not in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49127]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old dog barks not in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory, that a fan can be a better coach, better owner than the guy in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36062]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory, that a fan can be a better coach, better owner than the guy in the owner's box. This gives you an opportunity to prove you know football better than the pros.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1080]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm putting myself and my team in a position where we have a chance. Last year at this time, something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm putting myself and my team in a position where we have a chance. Last year at this time, something else might have happened. I might not have put the ball in play. I'm comfortable where I am offensively, and I'm going to continue to spread the ball around the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red as a rose of Harpocrate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red as a rose of Harpocrate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty in life is the choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty in life is the choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22876]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."   - Thomas Carlyle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62870]]></link><description><![CDATA[No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread, Are opening roses in the lily's bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4379]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread, Are opening roses in the lily's bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43141]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did that, it would cost us more money, ... There's no advantage. Believe me, we've looked at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36339]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did that, it would cost us more money, ... There's no advantage. Believe me, we've looked at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12628]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true before   Prove false again? Two hundred more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just pulled up two of my boats out of the water. The gas stations are full. People are filling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just pulled up two of my boats out of the water. The gas stations are full. People are filling their tanks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have a year under their belt. Our goal is to be ranked in the top 70 (in the college ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33417]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have a year under their belt. Our goal is to be ranked in the top 70 (in the college rankings) in the next few years. The girls know that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protecting ourselves optimally against terrorist acts will require that both national and state governments, as well as the public, be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protecting ourselves optimally against terrorist acts will require that both national and state governments, as well as the public, be cognizant of the real dangers,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentiallyconstructed by the time childhood is over, but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21906]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentiallyconstructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essencedeveloping, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age willstimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. [Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. [Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27835]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. ------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8730]]></link><description><![CDATA[F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. ------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he has no control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32591]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of masculinity has now been commercialized. Femininity had been commercialized a while ago. But men, in general, have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of masculinity has now been commercialized. Femininity had been commercialized a while ago. But men, in general, have lost what the meaning of what being a man is all about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36450]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear and uncertainty, both in things spiritual and things temporal, or civil. Whilst men are under the power of actual impressions from such fears, they will convert to God, yea, they will turn in a moment, and perfect their holiness in an instant; but so soon as that impression wears off (as it will do on every occasion, and upon none at all) such persons are as dead and cold towards God as the lead or iron, which but now ran in a fiery stream, is now when the heat is departed from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6946</guid></item></channel></rss>